Middle son of Orascom conglomerate founder Onsi Sawiris. Samih runs family's Orascom empire real estate and hotel division which owns and operates hotels in Egypt, Jordan, Oman, UAE and Switzerland. Also has plans in pipeline to develop prime property in Mauritius and Morocco. After record growth in 2006, hotel group's Ebitda for first half of 2007 was up 105%. Recently established Orascom Housing Communities in Cairo dedicated to developing low-income housing. Fluent in German, has engineering degree from Berlin Institute of Technology.